R.S. Hawker, 1804-1875

No. 61. "How
wondrous the glories that meet" is attributed to R.S. Hawker, the grandson
of Robert Hawker above. His dates were 1804-1875 (not 1873). The dates in
the back of 'Spiritual Songs', therefore, are wrong and the two Hawkers have
been confused.

Editorial note:

In the second
verse of No. 61, there is the serious, classical error concerning the Lord's
Person (Monophysitism), where the two natures (Godhead and Manhood) are both
joined in one nature, whereas they remain distinctively two, and are joined in
His Person; that is He is one blessed Person, with two natures.

This could
easily be corrected by giving the word "one" a capital "O",
making it a pronoun representing the Lord Himself. This is as it is in all
other hymns such as 6, 8, 39, 50, 124, 143, 150, 174, etc. (Corrected in the
electronic version and in the thematic index. —L.H.)

Line 4 of verse
2 also presents a difficulty as the "fountain of love in His heart"
is not formed by the union of the natures in one Person, but has been eternally
existent in His Person before the incarnation. Changing the word
"forms" to "shows" would put this right.